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Midnight Oil (known informally as "The Oils") are an Australian rock band composed of Peter Garrett (vocals, harmonica), Rob Hirst (drums), Jim Moginie (guitar, keyboard), Martin Rotsey (guitar) and Bones Hillman (bass guitar). [1]

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A&M Records

A&M Records was an American record label founded as an independent company by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss in 1962.

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ABC News (Australia)

ABC News is a national news service in Australia produced by the News and Current Affairs division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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ABC Online

ABC Online is the brand name in Australia for the online services of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, managed by ABC Innovation.

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Aboriginal Tasmanians

The Aboriginal Tasmanians (Tasmanian: Palawa) are the indigenous people of the Australian state of Tasmania, located south of the mainland.

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Aden Ridgeway

Aden Derek Ridgeway (born 18 September 1962), Australian politician, was a member of the Australian Senate for New South Wales, from 1999 to 2005, representing the Australian Democrats.

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Albert Namatjira

Albert Namatjira (28 July 1902 – 8 August 1959), born Elea Namatjira, was a Western Arrernte-speaking Aboriginal artist from the MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia.

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Albert Productions

Albert Productions, a division of music publishing and recording company Albert Music, is one of Australia's longest established independent record labels to specialise in rock and roll music.

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Allen & Unwin

Allen & Unwin is an Australian independent publishing company, established in Australia in 1976 as a subsidiary of the British firm George Allen & Unwin Ltd., which was founded by Sir Stanley Unwin in August 1914 and went on to become one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Alternative rock

Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s.

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Alternative Songs

Alternative Songs (also called Alternative and formerly known as Modern Rock Tracks and Hot Modern Rock Tracks) is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in ''Billboard'' magazine since September 10, 1988.

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Another Roadside Attraction (festival)

Another Roadside Attraction was a travelling music-and-arts summer festival in Canada in the 1990s.

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Anti-Flag

Anti-Flag is an American punk rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Anti-nuclear movement

The anti-nuclear movement is a social movement that opposes various nuclear technologies.

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Antipodes

In geography, the antipode of any spot on Earth is the point on Earth's surface diametrically opposite to it; the antipodes of a region similarly represent the area opposite it.

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APRA Awards (Australia)

The APRA Music Awards are several award ceremonies run in Australia by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) to recognise composing and song writing skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually.

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APRA Top 30 Australian songs

APRA's Top 30 Australian songs was a list created by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) in 2001, to celebrate its 75th anniversary.

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ARIA Award for Album of the Year

The ARIA Music Award for Album of the Year, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", since 1987.

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ARIA Award for Best Cover Art

The ARIA Music Award for Best Cover Art, is an award presented within the Artisan Awards at the annual ARIA Music Awards.

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ARIA Award for Best Group

The ARIA Music Award for Best Group, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", since 1987.

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ARIA Award for Single of the Year

The ARIA Music Award for Single of the Year/Song of the Year, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", since 1987.

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ARIA Award for Song of the Year (Songwriter)

The ARIA Music Award for Song of the Year (Songwriter), is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", since 1987.

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ARIA Hall of Fame

Since 1988 the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has inducted artists into its annual ARIA Hall of Fame.

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ARIA Music Awards

The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards or ARIA Awards) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).

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ARIA Music Awards of 1988

The Second Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 29 February 1988 at the Sheraton Wentworth Hotel in Sydney.

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ARIA Music Awards of 2006

The 20th annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) were held on 29 October 2006 at the Acer Arena at the Sydney Olympic Park complex.

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Augie March

Augie March are an Australian indie/pop rock band.

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Australasia

Australasia, a region of Oceania, comprises Australia, New Zealand, neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean and, sometimes, the island of New Guinea (which is usually considered to be part of Melanesia).

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Australasian Performing Right Association

The Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) is a copyright collective representing Australian and New Zealander composers, lyricists and music publishers.

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Australian Book Review

Australian Book Review is one of Australia's leading arts and literary reviews.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) founded in 1929 is Australia's national broadcaster, funded by the Australian Federal Government but specifically independent of Government and politics in the Commonwealth.

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Australian Conservation Foundation

The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) is Australia’s national environmental organisation.

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Australian Democrats

The Australian Democrats is an Australian political party in existence since 1977.

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Australian federal election, 1984

Federal elections were held in Australia on 1 December 1984.

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Australian federal election, 2004

Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 October 2004.

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Australian flag debate

The Australian flag debate is a periodic question over whether the Australian flag should be changed, particularly to remove the Union Jack from the canton, but also to possibly introduce a completely new design without the Southern Cross.

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Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party (ALP, also Labor, was Labour before 1912) is a political party in Australia.

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Australian National University

The Australian National University (ANU) is a national research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia.

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Australian Recording Industry Association

The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) which was formed in 1956.

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Australian Red Cross

The Australian Red Cross is a leading humanitarian aid and community services charity in Australia and an auxiliary to government.

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Australian Rock Database

The Australian Rock Database was a website with a searchable online database that listed details of Australian rock music artists, albums, bands, producers and record labels.

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Australian Senate

The Australian Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives.

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Backsliders (band)

Backsliders are a three piece Australian blues band; self described as playing "delta blues wall of sound." Their current line up consists of guitarist/vocalist Dom Turner and drummer/percussionist Rob Hirst joined on alternating nights by either Brod Smith, Ian Collard or Joe Glover on harmonica.

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Beds Are Burning

"Beds Are Burning" is a 1987 song by the Australian rock band Midnight Oil, the first track from their album Diesel and Dust.

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Bernard Zuel

Bernard Zuel (born 21 January 1965, Rose-Hill, Mauritius) is an Australian music journalist.

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Best of Both Worlds (Midnight Oil album)

Best of Both Worlds is a DVD-Video release of two significant concerts performed by Australian rock band Midnight Oil.

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Biffy Clyro

Biffy Clyro are a Scottish rock band that formed in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, composed of Simon Neil (guitar, lead vocals), James Johnston (bass, vocals) and Ben Johnston (drums, vocals).

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Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

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Billy Bragg

Stephen William "Billy" Bragg (born 20 December 1957) is an English singer-songwriter and left-wing political activist.

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Billy Corgan

William Patrick Corgan Jr. (born March 17, 1967) is an American musician, songwriter, producer, poet, and professional wrestling magnate.

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Bird Noises

Bird Noises is the first extended play by Australian rock group, Midnight Oil, which was released on 24 November 1980 under the band's own independent label, Powderworks Records / Sprint Music.

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Black Saturday bushfires

The Black Saturday bushfires were a series of bushfires that ignited or were burning across the Australian state of Victoria on and around Saturday, 7 February 2009 and were Australia's all-time worst bushfire disasters.

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Blue Sky Mine

"Blue Sky Mine" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil released in 1990 as the first single from their album Blue Sky Mining.

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Blue Sky Mining

Blue Sky Mining is an album by Australian alternative rock band Midnight Oil which was released on 9 February 1990 under the Columbia Records label.

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Bob Geldof

Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof, (born 5 October 1951) is an Irish singer-songwriter, author, political activist and occasional actor.

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Bob Guccione Jr.

Robert Charles Guccione Jr. (born September 19, 1955) is the eldest son of ''Penthouse'' founder Bob Guccione.

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Bondi Beach

Bondi Beach is a beach and its surrounding suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Bones Hillman

Wayne Stevens (born 1958), known by the stage name Bones Hillman, is a New Zealand musician.

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Bono

Paul David Hewson, KBE OL (born 10 May 1960), known by his stage name Bono, is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician, venture capitalist, businessman, and philanthropist.

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Brandon Flowers

Brandon Richard Flowers (born June 21, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.

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Breathe (Midnight Oil album)

Breathe is the ninth studio album by Australian rock band, Midnight Oil, which was released on 15 October 1996 under the Columbia Records label.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (BC; Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains.

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Bruce Elder (journalist)

Bruce Elder is a journalist, writer and commentator.

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Bullroarer

The bullroarer, rhombus, or turndun, is an ancient ritual musical instrument and a device historically used for communicating over great distances.

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Burning of the Midnight Lamp

"Burning of the Midnight Lamp" is a song recorded by English-American rock trio the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

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Candlebox

Candlebox is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington.

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Capricornia (album)

Capricornia is an album by Midnight Oil that was released in 2002 under the Sony Music label in Australia, and the Liquid 8 record label internationally.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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Charlie McMahon

Charlie McMahon (born in the Blue Mountains outside Sydney, 1951) is an Australian didgeridoo player.

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Chris Abrahams

Christopher Robert Lionel Abrahams --> (born 9 April 1961 in New Zealand) is a Sydney-based pianist, best known for his jazz work.

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Chris Cheney

Christopher John Cheney (born 2 January 1975) is an Australian rock musician, record producer and studio owner.

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Clearcutting

Clearcutting, clearfelling or clearcut logging is a forestry/logging practice in which most or all trees in an area are uniformly cut down.

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Cold Chisel

Cold Chisel are an Australian pub rock band, which formed in Adelaide in 1973 by mainstay members Ian Moss on guitar and vocals, Steve Prestwich on drums and Don Walker on piano and keyboards.

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Colonization

Colonization (or colonisation) is a process by which a central system of power dominates the surrounding land and its components.

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Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Compilation album

A compilation album comprises tracks, either previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers.

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Coogee, New South Wales

Coogee is a beachside suburb of local government area City of Randwick 8 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Countdown (Australian TV series)

Countdown was a weekly Australian music television show broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 8 November 1974 until 19 July 1987.

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Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording by someone other than the original artist or composer of a previously recorded, commercially released song.

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Craig Mathieson

Craig Mathieson (born 1971) is an Australian music journalist and writer.

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Crash Vegas

Crash Vegas was a Canadian folk rock band which formed in 1988, and achieved moderate success in the early 1990s.

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Cream (band)

Cream were a 1960s British rock power trio consisting of drummer Ginger Baker, guitarist/singer Eric Clapton and lead singer/bassist Jack Bruce.

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Creedence Clearwater Revival

Creedence Clearwater Revival (often referred to as Creedence or CCR) was an American rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s which consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty, his brother rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook, and drummer Doug Clifford.

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Crowded House

Crowded House are a rock band formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1985.

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Daddy Cool (band)

Daddy Cool is an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1970 with the original line-up of Wayne Duncan (bass, vocals), Ross Hannaford (lead guitar, bass, vocals), Ross Wilson (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica) and Gary Young (drums, vocals).

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Daniel Lanois

Daniel Roland Lanois (born September 19, 1951) is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter.

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Daniel Nester

Daniel Murlin Nester (born February 29, 1968 in Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American writer, editor, and poet.

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Diesel and Dust

Diesel and Dust is the sixth studio album by Australian rock band Midnight Oil, released in August 1987 by SPRINT Music label under Columbia Records.

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Division of Kingsford Smith

The Division of Kingsford Smith is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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DMA's

DMA'S are an Australian three-piece rock band, formed in 2012 in Sydney.

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Do-Re-Mi (band)

Do-Ré-Mi Do-Re-Mi was an Australian rock/pop band formed in Sydney in 1981 by Deborah Conway (lead vocals), Dorland Bray (drums, percussion, backing vocals), Helen Carter (bass, backing vocals) and Stephen Philip (guitar).

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Dom Turner

Dominic Turner is an Australian blues guitarist, vocalist and key songwriter for the Australian blues band The Backsliders.

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Duran Duran

Duran Duran are an English new wave and synthpop band formed in Birmingham in 1978.

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Eagle Rock (song)

"Eagle Rock" is an Australian rock song, released by Daddy Cool in May 1971 on the Sparmac record label.

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Earth and Sun and Moon

Earth and Sun and Moon is an album by Australian rock group, Midnight Oil, that was released on 20 April 1993 under the Columbia Records label.

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Ed Nimmervoll

Edward Charles "Ed" Nimmervoll (21 September 1947 – 10 October 2014) was a prominent Australian music journalist, author and historian.

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Eddie Vedder

Eddie Vedder (born Edward Louis Severson III; December 23, 1964) is an American musician, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and one of three guitarists of the American rock band Pearl Jam.

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Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop

The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop or Rock and Pop by Australian music journalist Ian McFarlane is a guide to Australian popular music from the 1950s to the late 1990s.

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Environmentalism

Environmentalism or environmental rights is a broad philosophy, ideology, and social movement regarding concerns for environmental protection and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the impact of changes to the environment on humans, animals, plants and non-living matter.

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Eponym

An eponym is a person, place, or thing after whom or after which something is named, or believed to be named.

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Extended play

An extended play record, often referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single, but is usually unqualified as an album or LP.

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Exxon

Exxon was the brand name of oil and natural resources company Exxon Corporation, prior to 1972 known as Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.

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Exxon Valdez oil spill

The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska, March 24, 1989, when Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker owned by Exxon Shipping Company, bound for Long Beach, California, struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef at 12:04 am local time and spilled of crude oil over the next few days.

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Fergie (singer)

Fergie Duhamel (born Stacy Ann Ferguson; March 27, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.

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Finn Brothers

The Finn Brothers are a New Zealand musical duo consisting of brothers Neil and Tim Finn.

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Flat Chat

Flat Chat is the second compilation album from the Australian rock band, Midnight Oil.

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Focus (band)

Focus are a Dutch rock band formed in Amsterdam in 1969 by keyboardist, vocalist, and flautist Thijs van Leer.

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François Kevorkian

François Kevorkian, alias François K (born 10 January 1954), is a French DJ of Armenian origin, remixer, producer and record label owner.

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Friday on My Mind

"Friday on My Mind" is a 1966 song by Australian rock group the Easybeats.

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Gabriella Cilmi

Gabriella Lucia Cilmi (born 10 October 1991) is an Australian singer-songwriter.

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Gang of Four (band)

Gang of Four are an English post-punk group, formed in 1977 in Leeds.

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Garbage (band)

Garbage is a Scottish–American alternative rock band formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1993.

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Ghostwriter

A ghostwriter is hired to write literary or journalistic works, speeches, or other texts that are officially credited to another person as the author.

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Ghostwriters

Ghostwriters (aka Rob Hirst & the Ghostwriters and sometimes referred to as Ghosties by fans) are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1990, principally involving Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst and Hoodoo Gurus bassist Richard Grossman.

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Glyn Johns

Glyn Thomas Johns (born 15 February 1942) is an English musician, recording engineer and record producer.

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Goat Island (Port Jackson)

Goat Island is an island in Sydney Harbour, in New South Wales, Australia.

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Gondwanaland (Australian band)

Gondwanaland, originally billed as Gondwanaland Project, were an Australian ambient musical ensemble which combined the indigenous Australian instrument the didgeridoo with western instruments such as synthesiser and guitar.

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Green Day

Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1986 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist Mike Dirnt.

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Greenpeace

Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over 39 countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Grinspoon

Grinspoon is an Australian rock band from Lismore, New South Wales formed in 1995 and fronted by Phil Jamieson on vocals and guitar with Pat Davern on guitar, Joe Hansen on bass guitar and Kristian Hopes on drums.

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Guardian Australia

Guardian Australia is the Australian online presence of the global online publication and British newspaper, The Guardian.

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Hachette (publisher)

Hachette is a French publisher.

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Hal Leonard Corporation

Hal Leonard Corporation is a United States music publishing and distribution company founded in Winona, Minnesota, by Harold "Hal" Edstrom, his brother, Everett "Leonard" Edstrom, and fellow musician Roger Busdicker.

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Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music that began in the mid-1960s, with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements.

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Harmonica

The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock and roll.

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Head Injuries

Head Injuries is the second studio album by Australian pub rockers Midnight Oil, which was released in October 1979 on their own Powderworks label and distributed by Columbia Records.

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Herald Sun

The Herald Sun is a morning newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp. The Herald Sun primarily serves Victoria and shares many articles with other News Corporation daily newspapers, especially those from Australia. It is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and southern New South Wales such as the Riverina and NSW South Coast, and is available digitally through its website and apps. In March 2009, the paper had a daily circulation of 530,000 from Monday to Friday.

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Hoodoo Gurus

Hoodoo Gurus (referred to as the Gurus by fans) are an Australian rock band, formed in Sydney in 1981, by the mainstay Dave Faulkner (songwriter, lead singer and guitarist) and later joined by Richard Grossman (bass), Mark Kingsmill (drums), and Brad Shepherd (guitar, vocals, harmonica).

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Hot Water Music

Hot Water Music is a punk rock band from Gainesville, Florida.

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Hothouse Flowers

Hothouse Flowers are an Irish rock group that combines traditional Irish music with influences from soul, gospel, and rock.

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HuffPost

HuffPost (formerly The Huffington Post and sometimes abbreviated HuffPo) is a liberal American news and opinion website and blog that has both localized and international editions.

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Hunters & Collectors

Hunters & Collectors are an Australian rock music band formed in 1981.

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Imagine Dragons

Imagine Dragons is an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, consisting of lead vocalist Dan Reynolds, lead guitarist Wayne Sermon, bassist Ben McKee, and drummer Daniel Platzman.

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IMDb

IMDb, also known as Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to world films, television programs, home videos and video games, and internet streams, including cast, production crew and personnel biographies, plot summaries, trivia, and fan reviews and ratings.

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Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians are the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia, descended from groups that existed in Australia and surrounding islands prior to British colonisation.

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Inpress

Inpress was a free weekly tabloid-sized music magazine (street press) that was published in Melbourne, and was released in the Geelong and Mornington Peninsula areas of Victoria, Australia.

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INXS

INXS (a phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales.

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Jack Johnson (musician)

Jack Hody Johnson (born May 18, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, record producer, documentary filmmaker and former professional surfer.

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James Reyne

James Michael Nugent Reyne OAM (born 19 May 1957) is an Australian rock musician and singer/songwriter both in solo work and, until 1986, with the band Australian Crawl.

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Jebediah

Jebediah are an Australian alternative rock band formed in 1994 in Perth, Western Australia.

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Jet (Australian band)

Jet is an Australian rock band formed in 2001.

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Jethro Tull (band)

Jethro Tull are a British rock band formed in Blackpool, Lancashire in 1967.

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Jim Moginie

James Moginie (born 18 May 1956) is an Australian musician.

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Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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Jimmy Barnes

James Dixon Swan (born 28 April 1956), known better as Jimmy Barnes is a Scottish-Australian rock singer and songwriter.

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John Butler (musician)

John Charles Wiltshire-Butler (born 1 April 1975), known professionally as John Butler, is an Australian singer, songwriter, and music producer.

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John Butler Trio

The John Butler Trio are an Australian roots/rock band led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler, an APRA and ARIA-award-winning musician.

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John Elferink

Johan Wessel Elferink (born 24 September 1965) is an Australian politician.

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John Howard

John Winston Howard, (born 26 July 1939) is a former Australian politician who served as the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1996 to 2007.

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John O'Donnell (music journalist)

John O'Donnell (born 1962) is a long-standing member of the Australian music industry.

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Junkee Media

Junkee Media, formerly known as Sound Alliance, is a digital media company based in Australia.

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Kasey Chambers

Kasey Chambers (born 4 June 1976) is an Australian country singer-songwriter.

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Kent Music Report

The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1988.

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Kevin Rudd

Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957) is a former Australian politician who was the 26th Prime Minister of Australia, serving from December 2007 to June 2010 and again from June to September 2013.

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Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers which are pressed by the fingers.

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Kings of Leon

Kings of Leon is an American rock band that formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1999.

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Kurt Loder

Kurtis "Kurt" Loder (born May 5, 1945) is an American film critic, author, columnist, and television personality.

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Land (song)

"Land" was a one-off charity single released in August 1993, credited to (and in the following order) Midnight Oil, Daniel Lanois, Hothouse Flowers, Crash Vegas, and The Tragically Hip.

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Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968.

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Left-wing politics

Left-wing politics supports social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy.

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Liam Finn

Liam Mullane Finn (born 24 September 1983) is a New Zealand musician and songwriter.

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Lily Allen

Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper (née Allen; born 2 May 1985), known professionally as Lily Allen, is an English singer, songwriter, actress, and television presenter.

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Live Earth

Live Earth is an event developed to increase environmental awareness through entertainment.

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Live Earth concert, Sydney

The Live Earth concert in Australia was held at Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney on 7 July 2007, in front of around 45,000 people.

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LP record

The LP (from "long playing" or "long play") is an analog sound storage medium, a vinyl record format characterized by a speed of rpm, a 12- or 10-inch (30 or 25 cm) diameter, and use of the "microgroove" groove specification.

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Mainstream Rock (chart)

Mainstream Rock is a music chart in Billboard magazine which ranks the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that combines the formats of active rock and heritage rock.

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Malcolm Burn

Malcolm Burn (born October 4, 1960) is a Canadian-born music producer, recording engineer and musician.

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Maná

Maná (Spanish: "manna") is a Mexican Rock band from Guadalajara, Jalisco.

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Mark Ronson

Mark Daniel Ronson (born 4 September 1975) is an English musician, DJ, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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Martin Rotsey

Martin Rotsey is an Australian guitarist and a member of the rock band Midnight Oil, which was active from 1977-2002 and resumed performing together in 2017.

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Melbourne Cricket Ground

The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known simply as "The G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria.

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Michael Stipe

John Michael Stipe (born January 4, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter, best known as being the lead singer of the alternative rock band R.E.M. from their formation in 1980 until their dissolution in 2011.

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Midnight Oil (album)

Midnight Oil is the debut album by Australian hard rock band Midnight Oil which was recorded in 1977 and released in November 1978 on the band's independent Powderworks label.

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Models (band)

Models are a rock group formed in Melbourne, Australia, in August 1978 and went into hiatus in 1988.

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Molly Meldrum

Ian Alexander "Molly" Meldrum AM (born 29 January 1943) is an Australian music critic, journalist, record producer and musical entrepreneur.

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MTV2

MTV2 (formerly M2) is an American digital cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Global Entertainment Group, a unit of the Viacom Media Networks division of Viacom.

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Narrabeen

Narrabeen is a beachside suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Narration

Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to convey a story to an audience.

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National Convention Centre Canberra

National Convention Centre Canberra, convention centre located in Civic in Canberra, Australia, which opened in 1989.

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National Sorry Day

National Sorry Day is an annual event that has been held in Australia on 26 May, since 1998, to remember and commemorate the mistreatment of the country's Aboriginal People.

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NBC News

NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC, formerly known as the National Broadcasting Company when it was founded on radio.

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Neil Finn

Neil Mullane Finn (born 27 May 1958) is a New Zealand singer/songwriter and musician.

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Network Ten

Network Ten (commonly known as Channel Ten or simply Ten, officially stylised as TEN) is an Australian commercial television network.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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New wave music

New wave is a genre of rock music popular in the late 1970s and the 1980s with ties to mid-1970s punk rock.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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News.com.au

news.com.au is an Australian news and entertainment website owned by News Corp Australia.

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Nicholas Harding

Nicholas Harding (born 1956) is an Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 2001 with a portrait of John Bell as King Lear.

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Nick Cave

Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional film actor, best known as the frontman of the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

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Nick Launay

Nicolas Launay is an English record producer, composer and recording engineer.

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Nuclear Disarmament Party

The Nuclear Disarmament Party (NDP) was an Australian political party formed in June 1984.

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One Night Stand (1984 film)

One Night Stand is a 1984 film directed by John Duigan.

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Outback

The Outback is the vast, remote interior of Australia.

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Patti Smith

Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and visual artist who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses.

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Paul Greene (athlete)

Paul Haydon Greene (born 9 December 1972) is a professional musician and was an Australian athlete who competed in the 1996 Olympics in the 400m and 4 x 400m relay.

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Paul Kelly (Australian musician)

Paul Maurice Kelly (born 13 January 1955) is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player.

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Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990.

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Peter Costello

Peter Howard Costello, AC (born 14 August 1957), is a former Australian politician and lawyer who served as the Treasurer in the Australian Howard Government from 1996 to 2007.

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Peter Gabriel

Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer-songwriter, record producer and humanitarian who rose to fame as the original lead singer and flautist of the progressive rock band Genesis.

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Peter Garrett

Peter Robert Garrett (born 16 April 1953) is an Australian musician, environmentalist, activist and former politician.

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Peter Gifford

Peter Gifford (born 5 April 1955), sometimes known as "Giffo," is an Australian musician.

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Photomontage

Photomontage is the process and the result of making a composite photograph by cutting, gluing, rearranging and overlapping two or more photographs into a new image.

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Place without a Postcard

Place Without a Postcard is the third studio album by Australian alternative rockers, Midnight Oil, which was released in November 1981 under Sprint Music and the Columbia Records label.

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PopMatters

PopMatters is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers many aspects of popular culture.

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Port Jackson

Port Jackson, consisting of the waters of Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour, North Harbour and the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers, is the ria or natural harbour of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Powderfinger

Powderfinger were a Queensland rock band formed in Brisbane in 1989.

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Powderworks Records

Powderworks Records as Powderworks Records & Tapes Pty Limited was an Australian record label established in 1977, head-quartered in Brisbane.

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Power and the Passion (song)

"Power and the Passion" is the second single from Midnight Oil's 1982 album 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (following "US Forces").

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Progressive rock

Progressive rock (shortened as prog; sometimes called art rock, classical rock or symphonic rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States throughout the mid to late 1960s.

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Property caretaker

A property caretaker is a person, group, or organization that cares for real estate for trade or financial compensation, and sometimes as a barter for rent-free living accommodations.

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Protest song

A protest song is a song that is associated with a movement for social change and hence part of the broader category of topical songs (or songs connected to current events).

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Pub

A pub, or public house, is an establishment licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, which traditionally include beer (such as ale) and cider.

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Pub rock (Australia)

Pub rock is a style of Australian rock and roll popular throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and still influencing contemporary Australian music in the 2000s (decade).

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Public Image Ltd

Public Image Ltd (abbreviated as PiL) are an English post-punk band formed by singer John Lydon (a.k.a. Johnny Rotten), guitarist Keith Levene, bassist Jah Wobble, and drummer Jim Walker.

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Queen (band)

Queen are a British rock band that formed in London in 1970.

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R.E.M.

R.E.M. was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, that was formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist/backing vocalist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe.

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Radio National

ABC Radio National, known on-air as RN, is an Australia-wide Public Service Broadcasting radio network run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Read About It

"Read About It" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil, released as the second single from their 1982 studio album, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

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Red Sails in the Sunset (album)

Red Sails in the Sunset is a rock album by Australian group Midnight Oil which was released in October 1984 under the Columbia Records label.

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Redneck Wonderland

Redneck Wonderland is an album by Midnight Oil that was released in 1998 under the Columbia Records label, which peaked at No.7 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

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Regurgitator

Regurgitator are an Australian rock band from Brisbane, formed in late 1993 by Quan Yeomans on lead vocals, guitar and keyboards; Ben Ely on bass guitar, keyboards and vocals; and Martin Lee on drums.

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Republicanism in Australia

Republicanism in Australia is a movement to change Australia's system of government from a constitutional monarchy to a republic.

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Revelation Records

Revelation Records is an independent record label focusing originally and primarily on hardcore punk.

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Richard Grossman (bassist)

Richard Grossman (born 28 November 1959) is an Australian rock musician who has played bass guitar for two iconic bands: Divinyls and Hoodoo Gurus.

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Richard McGregor

Richard McGregor (born 1958) is a journalist, writer, and author.

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Rip It Up (magazine)

Rip It Up is a bi-monthly New Zealand music magazine.

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Rob Hirst

Robert George "Rob" Hirst (born 3 September 1955) is an Australian musician from Camden, New South Wales.

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Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture.

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Rolling Stone Australia

Rolling Stone Australia is the Australian edition of the United States' Rolling Stone magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture, published monthly.

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Royalty payment

A royalty is a payment made by one party, the licensee or franchisee to another that owns a particular asset, the licensor or franchisor for the right to ongoing use of that asset.

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Scorpions (band)

Scorpions are a German rock band formed in 1965 in Hanover by Rudolf Schenker.

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Scream in Blue

Scream in Blue (Live) is a live concert album by Midnight Oil that was released in 1992 under the Columbia Records label.

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Sexually transmitted infection

Sexually transmitted infections (STI), also referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STD) or venereal diseases (VD), are infections that are commonly spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex and oral sex.

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Shades Apart

Shades Apart is an American alternative rock musical group from Bridgewater, New Jersey.

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Shihad

Shihad are a rock band from New Zealand, formed in 1988.

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ShortList

ShortList is a free weekly magazine published in the United Kingdom, which launched on 20 September 2007.

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Silverchair

Silverchair were an Australian rock band, which formed in 1992 as Innocent Criminals in Merewether, Newcastle with the line-up of Ben Gillies on drums, Daniel Johns on vocals and guitars, and Chris Joannou on bass guitar.

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Simon Neil

Simon Alexander Neil (born 31 August 1979) is a Scottish vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Something for Kate

Something for Kate are an Australian alternative rock band, which formed in 1994 with Paul Dempsey on lead vocals and guitar, and Clint Hyndman on drums.

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Sony Music

Sony Music Entertainment (SME) is a Japanese-owned global music conglomerate owned by Sony and incorporated as a general partnership of Sony Music Holdings Inc. through Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. (in Japanese), Sony Corporation The company was first founded in 1929 as American Record Corporation and renamed Columbia Recording Corporation in 1938, following its acquisition by the Columbia Broadcasting System. In 1966, the company was reorganized to become CBS Records, and Sony Corporation bought the company in 1988, renaming it under its current name in 1991. In 2004, Sony and Bertelsmann established a 50-50 joint venture called Sony BMG Music Entertainment, which transferred the businesses of Sony Music and Bertelsmann Music Group into one entity. However, in 2008, Sony acquired Bertelsmann's stake, and the company reverted to the SME name shortly after; the buyout allowed Sony to acquire all of BMG's labels, including former Columbia Pictures subsidiary Arista Records as well as RCA Records, and led to the dissolution of BMG, which instead relaunched as BMG Rights Management. Sony Music Entertainment is the second largest of the "Big Three" record companies in the world, behind Universal Music Group (UMG) and ahead of Warner Music Group (WMG). Sony's music publishing division is the world's largest music publisher after the acquisition of EMI. It also owns SYCO Entertainment, which operates some of the world's most successful reality TV format including Got Talent and The X Factor.

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Sound Relief

Sound Relief was a multi-venue rock music concert held on 14 March 2009, which was announced by the Premier of Victoria, John Brumby on 24 February 2009.

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Species Deceases

Species Deceases is an extended play by Australian rock music group, Midnight Oil, which was released on 26 November 1985 under the CBS record label.

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Spectrum Culture

Spectrum Culture is an online music, film, food, and print media webzine that provides weekly reviews and a variety of special features in these areas.

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Spin (magazine)

Spin is an American music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione, Jr. The magazine stopped running in print in 2012 and currently runs as a webzine.

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Split Enz

Split Enz was a rock band from New Zealand that was popular during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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Stereotype

In social psychology, a stereotype is an over-generalized belief about a particular category of people.

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Stolen Generations

The Stolen Generations (also known as Stolen Children) were the children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from their families by the Australian Federal and State government agencies and church missions, under acts of their respective parliaments.

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Supercharge (band)

Supercharge was a 1970s English rock band from Liverpool, founded by singer/saxophonist Albie Donnelly and drummer Dave Irving.

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Sussex

Sussex, from the Old English Sūþsēaxe (South Saxons), is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex.

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Sydney

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Sydney Cricket Ground

The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) is a sports stadium in Sydney, Australia.

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Synthesizer

A synthesizer (often abbreviated as synth, also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates electric signals that are converted to sound through instrument amplifiers and loudspeakers or headphones.

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Talent manager

A talent manager (also known as an artist manager, band manager or music manager) is an individual or company who guides the professional career of artists in the entertainment industry.

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Ten Network Holdings

Ten Network Holdings Ltd, is one of Australia's major media companies.

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The Age

The Age is a daily newspaper that has been published in Melbourne, Australia, since 1854.

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The Birthday Party (band)

The Birthday Party (originally known as The Boys Next Door) were an Australian post-punk band, active from 1978 to 1983.

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The Church (band)

The Church are an Australian psychedelic rock band formed in Sydney in 1980.

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The Cranberries

The Cranberries are an Irish rock band formed in Limerick in 1989 by lead singer Niall Quinn, guitarist Noel Hogan, bassist Mike Hogan, and drummer Fergal Lawler.

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The Dead Heart

"The Dead Heart" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil.

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The Easybeats

The Easybeats were an Australian rock band that formed in Sydney, Australia, in late 1964, and disbanded at the end of 1969.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Herald and Weekly Times

The Herald and Weekly Times Limited (HWT) is a newspaper publishing company based in Melbourne, Australia.

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The Jam

The Jam were an English mod revival/punk rock band during the 1970s and early 1980s, which formed in 1972 at Sheerwater Secondary School in Woking, in the county of Surrey.

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The Killers

The Killers are an American rock band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2001 by members Brandon Flowers (lead vocals, keyboards, bass) and Dave Keuning (lead guitar, backing vocals).

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The Living End

The Living End are an Australian punk rock band, which formed in 1994.

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The Music (magazine)

The Music, formerly known as Drum Media, is an Australian music magazine devoted to long-form music journalism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews.

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The Music Network

The Music Network is an Australian magazine launched in 1994 by founder John Woodruff.

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The Nightwatchman

The Nightwatchman is the solo project of American musician Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Street Sweeper Social Club and former Audioslave).

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The Power & The Passion

The Power & The Passion...

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The Real Thing (Midnight Oil album)

The Real Thing is a compilation of studio and live acoustic recordings by Midnight Oil, and includes a cover version of Russell Morris's classic "The Real Thing".

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The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London, England, in 1962.

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The Saints (Australian band)

The Saints are a rock band, originating in Brisbane, Australia founded by Chris Bailey (singer-songwriter, later guitarist), Ivor Hay (drummer), and Ed Kuepper (guitarist-songwriter) in 1974.

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The Smashing Pumpkins

The Smashing Pumpkins (or Smashing Pumpkins) are an American alternative rock band from Chicago, Illinois.

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The Swingers

The Swingers were a New Zealand rock band.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily compact newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia.

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The Tragically Hip

The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as The Hip, are a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario, currently consisting of guitarist Paul Langlois, guitarist Rob Baker (known as Bobby Baker until 1994), bassist Gord Sinclair, and drummer Johnny Fay.

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The Who

The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964.

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Tim Freedman

Timothy "Tim" James Freedman (25 November 1964) is an Australian musician, best known as the mainstay lead singer and keyboardist of the Australian band The Whitlams formed in 1993.

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Tim Winton

Tim (Timothy John) Winton (born 4 August 1960) is an Australian writer of novels, children's books, non-fiction books, and short stories.

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Toby Creswell

Toby Creswell (born 21 May 1955) is an Australian music journalist and pop-culture writer.

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Tom Morello

Thomas Baptiste Morello (born May 30, 1964) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, actor and political activist.

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Triple J

Triple J (often triple j) is a government-funded, national Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 34 which began broadcasting in January 1975.

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Trotskyism

Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky.

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Troy Cassar-Daley

Troy Cassar-Daley (born 18 May 1969) is a country musician from New South Wales, Australia.

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Truganini

Truganini (c. 1812 – 8 May 1876) was an Aboriginal Tasmanian (Palawa).

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Truganini (song)

"Truganini" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil, from their album Earth and Sun and Moon.

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Tsunehisa Kimura

Tsunehisa Kimura (木村恒久, Kimura Tsunehisa; 1928–2008) was a Japanese artist who created works using photomontage.

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U2

U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin formed in 1976.

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Uluru

Uluru (Pitjantjatjara), also known as Ayers Rock and officially gazetted as "UluruAyers Rock", is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory in central Australia.

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Uncut (magazine)

Uncut magazine, trademarked as UNCUT, is a monthly publication based in London.

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US Forces (song)

"US Forces" is the third single released from Australian rock band Midnight Oil's fourth studio album, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

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Viacom Media Networks

Viacom Media Networks, formerly known as MTV Networks, is an American mass media division of Viacom that oversees the operations of many of its television channels and Internet brands.

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Vieilles Charrues Festival

The Vieilles Charrues Festival (Festival des Vieilles Charrues; Gouel an Erer Kozh; literally: Old Ploughs Festival) is held every year in mid-July in the city of Carhaix located in the west of Brittany, France.

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Warne Livesey

Warne Livesey (born 12 February 1959) is an award winning British music producer, mixing engineer, songwriter and musician.

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Warumpi Band

Warumpi Band were an Australian country and Aboriginal rock group which formed in the outback settlement of Papunya, Northern Territory in 1980.

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WaveAid

WaveAid was a fund raising concert held on Saturday, 29 January 2005, as a means for raising funds for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known as the Boxing Day tsunami.

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Wedding Cake Island

Wedding Cake Island is an island off Coogee Beach, Sydney, which protects the beach from most swells.

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Westword

Westword is a free alternative weekly newspaper based in Denver, Colorado.

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White people

White people is a racial classification specifier, used mostly for people of European descent; depending on context, nationality, and point of view, the term has at times been expanded to encompass certain persons of North African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian descent, persons who are often considered non-white in other contexts.

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Wolfmother

Wolfmother is an Australian hard rock band from Sydney, New South Wales formed in 2000 by vocalist and guitarist Andrew Stockdale, bassist and keyboardist Chris Ross and drummer Myles Heskett.

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XTC

XTC were an English rock band formed in Swindon in 1972 and active until 2006.

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Yes (band)

Yes are an English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968 by singer Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Peter Banks, keyboardist Tony Kaye, and drummer Bill Bruford.

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Yorkshire Evening Post

The Yorkshire Evening Post is a daily evening publication (delivered to newsagents every morning) published by Yorkshire Post Newspapers in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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Yothu Yindi

Yothu Yindi (Yolngu for "child and mother") were an Australian musical group with Aboriginal and balanda (non-Aboriginal) members, formed in 1986 as a merger of two bands formed in 1985 – a White rock group called the Swamp Jockeys and an unnamed Aboriginal folk group.

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10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 is the fourth album by Midnight Oil that was released on vinyl in 1982 under the Columbia Records label.

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100 Best Australian Albums

The 100 Best Australian Albums (a.k.a. One Hundred Best Australian Albums) is a compendium of rock and pop albums of the past 50 years as compiled by music journalists Toby Creswell, Craig Mathieson and John O'Donnell.

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20,000 Watt R.S.L.

20,000 Watt R.S.L. is a compilation album by Australian rock band Midnight Oil released in October 1997 on their own label Sprint Music.

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2000 Summer Olympics

The 2000 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and commonly known as Sydney 2000 or the Millennium Olympic Games/Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event which was held between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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2000 Summer Olympics closing ceremony

The 2000 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony took place on 1 October 2000 in Stadium Australia.

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2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on 26 December with the epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Oil

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